''Fight School'' is a British

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series broadcast between 19 September and 21 November 2002. It was made by Granada Television for Sky One. Filmed in China, it followed a group of martial arts practitioners through a variety of stamina and endurance tasks to determine a winner. Each week one contestant was eliminated after a

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bout. The Fight School contestants were (in eviction order) Andrew Spink, Dominica Oatley, Susan Reilly, Danny Ho, Alex Campbell (left through injury), Don Klass, Alex Hart (known as Allie), M Saville, Toby Russell (replaced Alex Campbell), Emma Ashford and Paul Bernard (winner) One of the contestants, Don Klass, is the brother of television personality and musician

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. The eventual winner was Master Paul Bernard who is World Kickboxing Champion. M Saville recently took part in the newly revamped Gladiators show on Sky One as one of the contestants. Andrew Spink, Alex Hart, M Saville and Paul Bernard all run Martial Arts schools around the uk. A second series was planned but was cancelled pre-production because of the

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outbreak which affected South China in 2002–2003.

Contestants

The 11 fighters competing were:

References

External links

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Information on UKGameshows.com
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